Countable Outcomes Workshop - Counting What Counts! (BOS)

Description: The Massachusetts DOE Countable Outcomes Policy gives us the opportunity to report many student successes such as “Get a learner’s permit to drive”, that are significant accomplishments for our students. This workshop has been updated to include information on the newest list of student goals now found on the student intake form, the current performance standards, and available resources. This is an IPQ1 workshop, and the targeted participants will be interested ABE administrators, program coordinators, student counselors and teachers at all levels. We encourage several people from the same program to attend so that the capacity of your program to manage the goal setting process will significantly increase!

Learning Objectives:

As a result of the workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the development of and rationale behind the Countable Outcomes policy and its approach to accountability. Name some of the key forces behind the development of Countable Outcomes.

2. Explain what information the Countable Outcomes Chart describes and make distinctions between the information presented in Columns A, B and C.

3. Describe what information each column of the CO Chart provides; locate specific countable outcomes and the specific documentation required of them.

4. Draft a program goal-setting process that includes: helping students to identify and work toward achieving their goals/countable outcomes; integrating student goals/countable outcomes into the classroom; and using outcome data to improve classroom and program practice.

5. Summarize the new Performance Accountability Standard for Countable Outcomes